Senator Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress has been sworn in as the 7th Governor of Imo State.
He was sworn on Wednesday evening by the Chief Judge of the state, Paschal Nnadi.
Uzodinma took the oath of office and allegiance before the Chief Judge at 7:28 pm before a mammoth crowd at the Heroes Square Arena, in Owerri, the state capital.
He also signed the required documents empowering him as the 7th Governor of the State.
His deputy, Placid Njoku, took the oath of office and allegiance at 7:18 pm before the Chief Judge and thereafter also signed the necessary documents empowering him as the state’s number 2 citizen.
Uzodinma was on Tuesday declared winner of the 2019 Imo Governorship election by a seven member panel of the Supreme Court.
